re: Mississippi CWD deer was a local

I am not at my computer but I was be cautious about it. There are studies being done right now on CJD cases right now in regards to CWD being the cause. Also they just discovered a variant of mad cow that is transferred to humans through skin touch and open wounds.

I'm not a researcher and am not in a position to be any more educated on it than anyone else, I've just noticed there's a bit of sensationalism when it comes to CWD since people like to deer hunt. Multiple people have brought up the "monkey article" in passing over the last year, people should just know there's an asterisk on that one. They prettymuch did it over and over until they increased the dose enough to get some positives. From what I read it's been known for a long time CWD could be transferred with brain injections to other species but it hadn't received much attention until now, since that isn't exactly a natural vector.

That would be some well done back strap.

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Could that deer have gotten it from a non-local deer? Could the cause still be from non-local deer and now local deer are infected?

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Yes and it possible that this deer was from Arky, no way to know, deer swim across the river from time to time.

Grew up on the river a bit north of Natchez and have seen a few swim across but who knows how often it really happens.

A lot of unanswer questions

Glad to see that. Curious to see what’s next.

They really are not sure, CJD like CWD isnt all that well understood still and is extremely rare. He had a bad accident when he was a teenager that required a ton of blood transfusions. They think he may have picked it up then but it remained dormant. He had been having other health issues and his immune system was down, that and along with the fact that he was older, around 60. The Dr.s and CDC didnt have a lot of info to provide unfortunately.


I cant find the link now but there is a case of three guys who grew up together hunting in Wisconsin or Minnesota area all coming down with it in like a 4 yr period which the chances of that happening are astronomically high. All were older guys around the same age which is when CJD tends to strike because it can have an extremely long incubation period.